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VCR(1)			    General Commands Manual			VCR(1)

NAME
       vcr -- execute a	virtual	console-specific command

SYNOPSIS
       vcr [-kX] [-f filename] [-t tty]
       vcr [-h | -V]

DESCRIPTION
       The vcr utility executes	one or more commands depending on which	termi-
       nal  (or	virtual	console) it is being run on.  This is useful, at least
       for me, in that it allows the same commands to be run on	the same  vir-
       tual consoles day after day.

       Options:

       -f      Specify the definition file to read.

       -h      Display program usage information and exit.

       -k      Keep  going  even  if  one or more commands end with a non-zero
	       exit code.

       -t      Specify the terminal (or	virtual	console) to  execute  commands
	       for instead of the current one.

       -V      Display program version information and exit.

       -X      Do  not ask for confirmation when running in an X session with-
	       out a terminal.

RETURN VALUES
       The vcr utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an	error occurs.

ENVIRONMENT
       If the TTY variable is set, vcr will use	it instead of  the  output  of
       vcrtty(1)  or  tty(1)  to determine the command to run.	If the DISPLAY
       variable	is set and the -X command-line option is  supplied,  vcr  will
       skip the	confirmation question and just execute the commands.

FILES
       The  vcr	 utility  reads	 the  commands	to be executed from either the
       /usr/local/etc/vcr or, if present, the ~/.vcr  definition  file.	  This
       file's  format is quite simple: the first whitespace-delimited field is
       the name	of the terminal, the rest of the line is the command  to  exe-
       cute.   If  the file contains more than one line	for the	same terminal,
       the commands are	executed in succession in the order they are found  in
       the file.

EXAMPLES
       Well, just do it:

	     vcr

       A sample	~/.vcr file:

	     /dev/ttyv2	    centerim --ascii
	     /dev/ttyv4	    screen -DR
	     /dev/ttyp1	    fetchmail -ve200
	     /dev/ttyp1	    fetchmail -ve25 -Nd120
	     /dev/ttyv9	    mutt

       This  file  contains  definitions for single commands to	be executed on
       /dev/ttyv2, /dev/ttyv4 and /dev/ttyv9, and two commands to be  executed
       on /dev/ttyp1.

SEE ALSO
       tty(1), vcrtty(1)

HISTORY
       The vcr utility was written by Peter Pentchev in	2009.

AUTHORS
       Peter Penchev <roam@ringlet.net>

FreeBSD	ports 15.0		 March 2, 2011				VCR(1)

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